About the Authors

Barbara A. Fox

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Kiah L. Butler

Current address: Merck & Co Inc., Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Rebekah B. Guevara

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

David J. Bzik

david.j.bzik@dartmouth.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Kiah L. Butler is currently an employee of Merck. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.